54792 – that’s my WORLD Ranking but I was not born in 1907 – apologies…
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Growing Circles in My Garden
Used with permission.
New Paintings
AS I have handed the ‘agency’ of my work to Tamasa Gallery, (Durban) my works will not be posted elsewhere on-line. Please contact either myself or Maria if you are interested in purchasing. The following works are 1.9m X 1.9m with AT LEAST 17-20 layers of paint. Why on EARTH??? You may ask! When we … [Read more…]
Letters to Spring
I know I’ve been really quiet here but 2019 was a difficult year – as for most people I think. My solo exhibition was WONDERFUL! 9 works were sold for which I am very grateful. Thank you to eye4art (Michelle and Zelda Davidson) who hosted the grand event. It was a full programme with all … [Read more…]
I’m Painting Again!! The Relief is Palpable!
Collaborations with Jacqueline Freer – AMAZING to work together and trust me – when I was ready to CHUCK her master strokes saved the two flowers… We have concentrated on a series of paintings of a sculpture in Spain (which I can’t find any information on!). So somewhere out there, there is … [Read more…]
Beautiful work from participants on the Give Me Back My Mo-Jo Workshop
In Module 1, The Right of Writing, we covered a variety of writing forms and styles, terminology and creative actions. The point of the course is to use writing as a visual rather than a communicative methodology to access creativity. To this end we discussed: : The liminal space (the threshold/the place of all … [Read more…]
New Asemic Work 2017
When one explores the term ‘asemic writing’, there are very few variations in definition. It is generally perceived to be wordless writing, with open, or no semantic content. Since making artworks of asemic writing, without even understanding this as an art form, I had always referred to it as writing in the shadowlands – … [Read more…]
Bhubezi Mythology – Chronicles of Lyrech. On creating your own Mythology.
What is a mythology? It’s a place to store your secrets, your dreams and passions. A place where word and image are loaded with meaning known mostly to you. There are many things that are universal, and we take them for granted, such as ‘fairy stories’. But they’re not ‘fairy stories’ they are stories of … [Read more…]